On February 22, the Institute of Marriage and Family Canada (IMFC) released a report called “Finding fault with no-fault divorce.” Changes in Canadian law in 1968 and 1985 created “no-fault divorce” in the hope that it would reduce the acrimony involved in divorce and make people happier. However, the study says that the changes have increased the divorce rate and poverty; that almost half the time one partner does not want a divorce; that when unhappily married couples manage to avoid divorce they are happily married to each other five years later; that those who divorce are no happier than those who stay married; and that the majority of divorces are due to low levels of conflict which could have been resolved. The full report is available here.